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OLD SEIUES, VOL, gl.
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDyVY, JUNE 17, 1863.
NEW SEKIES, VOL. 4, NO. 29.
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ADDRESS OF
T. M. CONPROPST, ESQ.,
DeliTeied Before the TTnioa League of Barree- Township.
CoNpnopsr's Mills, ) June 1st, 180.1. f Messrs. Dr. Wilton, .lob Slnefe and T. P. Love. OKN'fLEMn.s: In uoinplinnce with your request. I hereby Irdn.smit to jou a copy of my nddrnsa to your Ijeii!.'iin As.«ociation ou Jast Friday oiKht. In my opininn, you honor my remnrks far lieyond their mirits, jet I shall not iiiterpiiso nny objection I nmy havo, to th" di'positiou you hnve nti'n nniper to mate of them. My coun¬ try shall always coino first and personal oonsiderntions afterwnru.^, wilh mo. I hnro tho honor tn ho, (;cntlemen, willi •culimcnts of the hiyihcafcnii'-iJcration, Your frieud and fellow citizen,
T. iM. Co.NraopsT.
Mr. Presitleni, La.liet and Gentlemen: —In conslderini; tha f|Ue.»tiiin which now, more than anything else, apilnles onr na¬ tion, there nnlurnlly arises to our li.iiiJs the naturo of thd Oovernment intended to bfc dissolved, the motive," which prnmpt the diss'dution, tho probable ennsef|uenco of » succcssTul revolt, and onr duty as pn¬ triots to endo.ivpr to 'picvont tho desigua of traitors.
Th;it a Oovernment oan exist and en¬ tirely avoid iinperfeelions F iilterly deny, because if a singlo individual eannot. be found who will urrop;:ito to himself infalli¬ bility and perfection, how muoh lees nhould we expect to find thom in n Governmeut made up of collcotions of indivi'Ianls. whose numbers hnvc erown almost beynnd tho power of human computation. Vet while I claim perfbclion fur nn svitem nf
can form, adopted by tho fnthers of onr | country, stands pre-eminently nnd plori- | ously nbovo tho monaiohinl and despotiu j powers Ilf the idd world. In evidence of I this, I have only to point yuu tn tho un- | paralleled £!rowth of our population ss a i natirv", which wau occasioned in a Rrcnt | nicafiurc by tho voluntary immigration of furoi;;n citizens ; uow when wa know from exporience, hnw tenaciously the heart clin'^ to the land of ils nativity, snd how loth vfo aro to tear nurselvps uway frora the aecnos of ourohilJhond, T can imagin? that uo ro.isorable man can fail to discover at It Urst glance, the irresistible power whicfi attracted iheso foreigners to our fairer f.ibrio of a Governuicnt and to onr holier Btalo of freedom.
We nll knnw, from the expetience of the savRgas of our Western wilds, that we eould live with no safety to ourselves without a gnvsrninont of somo kind, bo¬ eauso not nnly oar huppinesa and po.sses- sinns would be in constant: danger, but ottr lives would bo In perpetual jeopardy. We havo, theref.ire, for our mutnitl pro¬ tection, ndnpted tho civil liberty of man¬ kind, which is described as our "natural liberty so fur restrained by tbe agency of human laws as is nicessnry for thsf^oodof nooieij." In tbo construotion of nur eovBrnment, tho exoollenciei of other na¬ tions huvo been imitated, whilst their evils tytve booQ studiously avoided ; our politi¬ oal .\vftam has been so joijioiously arrnuged W to leave Ihu greatest amount of liberty ip thc posBMiion of the oititen with the least (far of its being iojudiciausly nr im¬ prudently exercised.
Now, do you suppose for a moment Ihat Thumak Jefferson, who wrote that raistcr- pieoe of Engliih literature and sublime truths, the Declaration of lodepondenoe, *ver intended that his country, io whoso behalf he spent the best energies of his life, should ba toro by faction and dis- nembcred, or that his own hard and eolf- Meriflcinp labors sbould bo repudiated and •pit npon ty the children of his own Vir¬ ginia f So'. .
Do Toa imagine that George Waihing- , whQM Qame ever glory-wteathetl, Vill («n4 flMt oHeot to Occident through
nil timo, lent the lustre of his name, or the magio of his inluence. or saorifieed himself upon the altar of his country's glory, to transmit to us a liber'y that was transient, or a Union that was uot perpet¬ ual ? Never!
Pils, the martyrs to our bon.ited liberty, the glory which cluster.^ eternally around their names, tho hSllowod assuoiations which inseparably connect themselves with the heioie and vninmus times of 1770, might to impress upnn us an cdea nf thc mnguitudo of •h'> debt we owe fnr such a country, and whioh we can only repny by transmitting it as pure ns when wo got it, at lenst, to our children.
When n governmeni liko this, and Lorn of such men, is ussailed, it becoLics us to inquire iuto thc motives of the aFsailants.
Jefferson gnvo the world the rensons for tho withdrawal of the .^lllcrioan Colonies from the authority of Groat Utitain, but whero is tha Jefferson of thn so-called Southern Confederacy to urge a solitary grievance, or a solitary wrong endured us a pretext for plnnuing this oountry into the horrors of civil war? Echo answers: Where? They give us no reasons—we can nppeal to tho world thnt they have i suffered no wrongs, and, therefore, wc nre left io infer that their inutives are selfish and sinister, and llicir aims, power.
If Judas could betray Olirist for thirty pieces of silver, it is not h.-.rd for ns to believe that Jefferson Davis could cheat his chiidreu uut nt tiieir iitierty lor a lil.c considcrstion ! The fallen angel whu waoti'd In be equal tn Ced himself in pow- | er, but who discuvercd his impotence when j ho wuri'cd ngninst the authority of God, cried om ill his exile to the infernal re¬ gions: "It i.s uidtiir tu riiirn in hell than serve iu Heaven I" And this, sirs, in my opinion, is the incitln;; power that lures the leaders of this rebellion on to their own destruction ; they want powcr, they wnut to reign eternally and are not con¬ tent In livo ns citiiens; they want to be Kings. Lot tho open rebels of tho South, or their cowardly eiiiLssaries in the Nurth. disguise tho truth ns thoy niny, yet behind tlieir fallacies and speciousucss appears that lurking demon, treason, which with ull their astuteness, they are unable to conceal. Treasoa is the word ; their mo¬ tives arise from n hatred to good govern¬ ment, where they can't grow and prosper upon the substance ofthe lowly; they want to elevato themselves far beyond the level or approach uf common mankind, but 1 trust, in God',i name, t'lat lho only ulcvation tliey may uver realize, will be upon a felon's scaffold !
Now, sirs, if wo permit our.selves to neglect our duty as patriots, and allow theso desperndoes to succeed in dinoieni- beriup^ thc government, what will bo tbo oonaci|ueiices ?
Dons Rome, with hor hiiried llhorty, fail to warn us? Aro wo blind to thc fact that a wholo conntry is mnro powerful than a half-a one; that when wc arc divi¬ ded into factions and the slrength of our unity h (rone, wu will Im an ensy prey tu the grasp of ungodly rnd despotic powor?
1 tell yoo, sirs, that tlio glory of Penn¬ sylvania will be no glory nt all, when she ceasci to bu I'ennsylvania of tho United States. The secret of our greatness istbe number of our family, and tho secret of our strength is the unity of that fnmily, and coi.io what will, it lunst be preserved, if neoessary, ut a snerifiec of cvory ('.'.ibr of trcnsurc ami every drop of patriotic blood within the confines of America!
Divide this Union ! "Onn you divide the Mississippi?'' Can yoit .'livido the memories of the Revolution ? Can yod divide the memory of Wnshington, or ap. ply bis sacred teachings to twn distinct nations? N.i I liis language and his soli¬ citude wns fur the United States as a whole, and God pity the man in thu North or the Suuth who won't heed his warnings, but stands npon the quicksands of Disuninr, for his name will bo as poison, nnd his memory as a stench in the nostrils of all good men. This country, sirs, is indivi¬ sible, and we may as well como down to the plain question at once and tako sides upon it: Thu anion tod liberty, together, or anarchy and faction, divided. The menibers of theso League Associations arc for tho Union aod Liberty ona nnd insep¬ arable forever aod forever! Where do tbe maligners and defamcrs of these Leagues place themselves ? I tell you, when men can't espouse those doctrines •nd throw their whole souls into them, the time but uoiuo for thum to bo thinking nbout going suuth; we want all our ene- uies there so that wd* tuay know exactly who our foes are, and againat whom we wHI have to contoaii in settling this con¬ troversy.
D» you forget tho wtrntog words of Washington in reference to a division of these States n have not, and I iiiU..^ j to ehape my «oursa «f action by them.— ! He said • "lodlgnantly fV<M|»uiKin tbe ftrst dawning nf every .attftnpt to alienate any
right course now. These Union Leagues, j prologue to scenes of fiercer strifes and | THE VALIAWDIGHAM CASE. ^ whilst they eschew politics and bury par- i bloodier crimes than the world ever saw. ' Tho following is an eitraot from a pn- tios in the oblivion of past things to bo Aro thero any hcre baso enough to bo ' vate letter from an oflicor of high rank io forgotten, show to other nations and to willing to leave a legaoy of bloodshed and the r.'iartmont of the Ohio, whioh drei our brave men who arc enduring tho hurd-; rapine io their children 7 Arc there uny the reasons for JUurnsido's arrest of vil- miptakably,"and come from a suurco too 'ships of tho tented field, huW the national i horo who nre willing thnt it ahnll go forth ^ landigham :
high and too sncred to be doubted or ques- pulse heats, how tho national heart throbs i to thc world that mnn ia incapable of self- j "1 think you are wrong about 'Vallsnd-
and who arc tho bold and fearless support-1 government ? tbatthe experiment of a j igham- tiis offence was essentially a mil-
portion of our country from the rost, orto enfeeble thc sncred tios which now link i.ngcthrr tho various parta." Those, my fellow citizens, are solemn words pcirling ont our duty tn our country clearly nud un
tioncd,
We cannot support a measure that would bring abont a poaoo with a divided nalion
without plainly violating the teachings of | ablo robellion.
ers of Ihis government in its prosocution to extinotiun of this unholy und unpardon-
the groat fathers of the Republic, nnd uaslitg reproach and disrespect upon their names. "Men may cry peace ! pcaf-c ! but there is no peaco !" The spirits of depar¬ ted hemes ri?o up from their charnal hoa^rc! in thunder tones with the cry of war! war! vigorous and unrelenting war for your country's nnd your children's salis
These Leagues, sirs, need oo apologists ; they speak for themselves, and men who denounce them mi'«t be strongly bordering upon tr?nson, whilst mon who nrc indiffer¬ ent to them have hearts, to say the very least of thein, of somi. whnt dubious loyally.
Whon men refuse to lend tho support of their (trtngth or tongues to their coun
No matter how wo may endeavor to eon- try in a crisis of thia kind, thoy deprive it
ciliato our nilnds by looking at thc ques¬ tion in a fairer lioht than the reality, there is niways an inward ninnitor to warn us that our self-dclusioa will only result dis¬ astrously to nnrsclves- No brave or good citizen will f.iil to moet thc danger faco to fnce n nc, and only cowards and apostates will ctidoavor to shirk Ihe question nnd transmit the bloody combat to their child¬ ren for adjustment. The epitaph of such mon has already been written, and it will gn down to generation nfter generation of
of thnt which is due from them lo it, viz :
republican form of government has proved itnry onc, in this nspoct. that it demoralized an ulter and an absolute failure ? nnC ibat the ormy, prevented recruiting, cncoura- the Bufferings and privations of ourf; thcra , god desertion, incited" men to resist the were undergone in a cnusc of folly and of arrest of deserters, and tended to make uselessness? Nonol j troubia about the increase of the srmy by
Then if wo nro unwilling tbat theso | consoription, lv inciting lesistenne to the things shall be acknowledged, weuiualjuin '. execution of that Inw. These, mind you, hearts and hands nnd suloninly plight our I arc not problematical results of his course, faith, thnt como weal or woe, wc willstand , Lut actual. Specilie ci..sc» of ull of ihem, by this governmeni to the bitter end. j except the lust, are continually occurring.
If Wfl don't like lhof;c in authority, whom I invariably niuong men who call themselvei a majority o£ our fcllow citiiens placed ' Denioerals and s-.vrir by A'allandigham there, we mnst. as goud members of a | Ths ouly reniedy was by suddon and »hort
their allegiance,—for what is allegiance i government founded upon democratic siuppagc.
but fidelity to one's government, and when men refuse this they must bo traitors, be¬ cause they are not patriots.
prinoiples, do oor fighting against those [ "This eould nut possibly he effected by ofiiciafs silently at the ballot-hn:r, and uot j thc civil bw. tlis offenco ie hardly known, endeavor tn brood and engender quartuls to civil law, nud lliero wuuld have boon no Men talk about carrying on this war j and joalousios by our bickerings and com-l cud nf truiihl'-in getting him indictrd.— aeeording to tho Constitution ; rabid ucws- plaints, when there ia a cause so stupen- I Then he would bnvu been simply hound lo papers cry out ngainst tho Administration I dous as this Rebellion to engage our at- j Mand bi« triul ui romo future day, and for palpable and flagrnnt'violation of that [ tentions. j would have gone on talking his lrc;"i"i
snored document, yot with all their garru- ¦ .Men who cannot sacrifico a lillie per.son-1 and sedition. And the "oaJ effeets bcforo lity thoy have ever failed to tcll us whore, I al feeling or n little privnto opinion fur thc ' mentioned would have gonn on growing in in thnt same Constitution, the so called | sako of Ih-ir country's salvation, are uot powcr and iafluenco, and might havo got ihoir progeny, nn heirloom of the most I Southern Confederacy find their peculiar ^ the mon who should receive thc cunfidence ! too bic lo flop, bitter and blighting disgrace: rights f?) lo defy our law. Ah ! their ac-I of the peoplo, and are not tho men inj "Moreover, special cases of ill doiug,
children's shaaie I tioup, plainer tiiuD their words, show whcrn ; whoso hands I, at lta.st, would be williug | resulting frora and diuttlj io liccordaoco ttni)." ' their cowardly heart.': are, and thoir real lo entrust tho welfare of iliin nation. j with his teachings, havo conctantly lo bn
' Thcso aro times in which the slumbering I allended tn. They cannot he ovnrlfokcd
aud dormant man is wakened up; this is | Shnuld we punish tliem and lel him go on u crisis which puints out, as plainly as thc | inciting thc commissinn of just luuh tscirl sun in tho lleavuns, whn the men, the {abusing the courls that try tlicm, ar.d
'•Their country's curse, their Outcnsis of virtue, peace and
I hare nnt a doubt but 4hat thousands of men in the South have been deceived into this war, but for the Northern Arnold there is nnt ono solitary excuse, not onc iota of palliatinn, and nithough he may cj^capn punishment, 1 can assure him thnt ho will not esenpe the iaipreentionsof the just, or the anathemas of posterity.
Ilrrcaftcr, at the recurrence uf every Fourth of July, the name of Arnold nnd Ihc fiilhy memories of Northern sympa¬ thizers will bo held up to the assembled patriolM of tho land, whose jeers and mocks and curso.i will follow them even to the portals of tho very grave! Ue warned, for I tell you this is the inevitable wages of that ingratitude whieh bites tho hnnd thut feeds it. Don't lull yourselves inlo
inuL lucun iL. uou t lull yourseivea lllio • t , i, ,.V • ..
imagined security, or indulge the hopeless ;|"." I'l"-'* "^ ""''y- ^ ^,f'° ' "' illusion that this govornment will fail, for | ^^ "T^"^ r?[ "7 "-"fy- , ,^" „...,,„». .t,»,„ :. » fi„.i _», iJ.i,. ''yureeoin to be so darn d stm
as sure as there is a God who rules thc destinies of nations, Hc will smile upon tha flag whose hues aro of Heaven, and which breathes a defiant and determined resiitancc to the enemies of christian lib¬ erty wherever they are.
Outside of this government, sirs, wo have nnthing to linpo fnr; wilh it, wc have
plea tor grumbliiig, if their bosoms were unbared to the wnrld to-day, would fall hut littlo short of that corrupt and blight¬ ing plague, treafon itself!
Occasionally a real sentiment of theso scmi-traitois hobbles out unintentionally, as was the case a short timo sinoo wilh a polilician from a nciphboring county. He said : "placo Gen. MeClellan at lho head of tho Army of the I^tnmoc again and we'll support you," insinuating thereby if Gen. MoClellan was not placed in com¬ mand that the bitlcr opposition of his par¬ ty would havo to ba contended ngninst in closing this rebellion ! I know of nothing with whi,ch to compare such sentiments than the following impromptu dialogue between two boys: "Jim," says one, "givo goin to Very well,
you're eoin' to be to darn'd stingy you shan't slide down our cellar duor any more !" And so it ia with the gentleman referred to—if Mr. Lincoln won't givo him nny McClelian cundy he isn't going to Ict him slide thro' this war ou his cellar door! Shades of^Washington prcservo ua !
Thia is about on a par with thc uttcran-
everything to gain. We ean ship-wreck I "" f """'J ""=" '''," '''7'' '* "¦? ^ '?•' ourselves upon the shoal, of trenson. or i ^l'""".""'^"I'y'? ^'''"'"'^"T '""'"S 1'" we oan ride safely into port upon the (rood I ['."'n?'"""'"""'^"'' volunteers to mre
dent was wofnlly to blunio fur issuing hia
first proclamaiion for volunteers to sn-i
old "Ship of State." There wc have a I ""°'^"P""'' "'.<')•."PP^rcd to think hi
ly into port upon the good Thero w pool of filthy mire, aud here wo have Iho | J' solid rock ; ouo step will engulph us in ' ' the mii'o, nr ouO step will placo our feet |
was etitireiy uncnnsiiiuiionai, nnu
lid rnck ; oue step will engulph us in I "i." Pf'P" >"<;t|;e'l would have bocn lo Mt j men to a son.e of their duty. . "¦''"V you .ay, Fill?
'•---'- still and lot thin-'s lake their course. I ] put B separate tonguo in every wound of ^ ,-,.'"/,,. ,
-..«... .^ij; _i.- 1 f.ii„_ :_ I first fiiniltrr—
mo mii'o, nr ouO step will placo our teet -, ' :,. .¦,, \, ,
upon a solid basis-both are easily attained "^/^^''fi'ionl that these men are blood re- aid both will cover us up. the one with ."''"".»'^'''?"'''"'",""'^''"'''•'l" «f"s<.d
to swim to shnre, snd '.vas drowned, hi cnuse It city ordinance forbid iwimmtng in sighl nfthe eily limits! ¦ I have nevor heard a real solid objection taken to tho manner uf conducting this
sliinc, the other with glnry ! We must be careful to place ourfelves in thc right po¬ sition, for we can't stand between the rock and the mira—ih.; p'"co is Inn small—and
there are so many makini; their way to tho in- , . ,. „¦,
solid aland point, that the man.who stands "'b«.""'".''"<l y^t we are continually beset in the road and hesitates wh'at to do, is !'"'X ""aR'nory ones by iren who would generally shoved off into tho mud ' ¦-=" ^ '''*' "'" <"""""""-"' "' «'<!" '" ''"VO " tell you who that man ii nal wbu thin'us mnre of snataining his po "ilical party thnn Le does of suppnrling
mil men of our country are, and whn arc ; briueing their auihurity into disrepute? tho counterfeita nnd libels of their rncc. ! "You have no idoa of tho amount of It is every mau'j duty lo takon position I npen nnd bold disloyalty —not simply dis- on this war (|UC6tion and publicly avow it; I loyally by thi Republican etcndard, bnt when men entertain opinions whioh they ! by tlmt of any honest man—exiating in are afraid, or ashamed to uller, they miut i (Ihio, Indiana aud Illinois, uiiiong the be of a vory dark n:i'.vrc, nnd wc all know ; Vallandigham party. It iiiu.<>t ho tttipped that guiltiness is its owu nceuscr and ' and pul down iioic—uoi hix ii.r>iitli8 lioiicc courts darkness and silence continually. j —and military tribunals arc the unly ones Thc northern sympathizer, both in the j that can do it. Tt must be put down., if sight of God und man, is a greater criuii-1 it should lake a temporary uiililary despo- nal and more to bo feared Ihan the open I tisin out here tn do it. It is that, nr the foo in tho ranks of n southern regiment, i loss of the oauso. Thc course of tlicsu In the heart of our own Pennsylvania, we men prolongs the wnr and e'.jsts lives liy see, with just cause of alarm,, secret or- thousands, ond I toll you cither they or gaiiizations in progress, whioh have for I the government must gu duwn, and that their avowed and leading objects resit- speedily.
tame lo tho war measures of tha Govern- . ..»».., ____.
mont, aud/uror to Ihe erection of a Norlh- | INTERESTING DIALOOUE.
western Confederacy I It is certainly ! „,, „ . , „., , , , .
high time, sirs, that tho loyalty of tiio 1 , \^^ ""risburg 7eJegri,,.h .ays tho fol- nortli were making itself epP"ent, aud ! "W'np occurred a ony or two ago, between every man who fnils to identity himself as ! tw^l^ld'e" just pn'd pff nr.d discharged : an open loyalist will be followed by tho ^•''" ^''-^r-yVeW, Ned, we have jr-t
our greenbacks, ai.d wo have won a little reputation ns soldiers, Bo that we can now gn home with ralisfnclioii, and be certain of on honorable welcome at tho hands of nnr friends and rnli>li«ti>
Second .S^iWi'cr—Dowo '. go home, did a «.iv. Hill?
To be sure 1 said bome.
pen loyalist will be followed by eye of suspicinu and marked with the brand of Arnold, and his children will only live after him to be monuments of his ir- voUiovahle ignominy and disgiaco.
I wloii I huu iho powcr io awaken iiic»e I would
every seldier who has fallen in uur cause, ' , . ,. - , ,
and I would move thera wilh eloquence ! '''".' >'""- P-'"-"-.'"""" I
like tbut nf "Angels trumpet tongued, I
Second Soldier—"No I Ijct mc toll
against the deep damnation oflheir taking !>"" "''?,' "'" * I-'mng home; 1 have as off," until these gnilty souls who hnvc ',""7 .'.''""V' "'"o .s ou lho hanks of lived upon Ihcir deaths would quake with I '''« '''''IPh-I have bro hers too young lo ; I nghl—sisters whom I love snd who are and
lived upon Ihcir deaths would quake with I '"« '''"IPO-l nave bro hers too young lo very foar and rouao themselves to manli- 1 P?''l-"»""."''"'"> } '"" ="<! "ho are nC3S of action. I'd haunt their „,,e.|«v :''I''"'''"'' "''">,'''"?,'''"V't'''°?,'."? "*• slumbers with tho pallid ghosts of murder'. • T'^T '.r""' ''"'• *'"^ '»•• »"'di'>'hung
his head in nhauie, "my father is a biltcr T ... : moa mu uoiiMiiuiioii in oruer lo nave nn i I'u boiuilto uuiii lu mc Bgoui"" '" ,,,,.,1- , . . . i j ... w v.....
he isan indi^id- ' "PP"'''"nity tn stab away its vitality Tho guiltiness they would ory out:
traitnrs against whom wc rir" contending 'Shake nol thy gory ioclis si mc,
oro incited ai.d impelled only by an nn- Thnu caa'st not mj I did it." . . .. , , , ,.
go.^'y ambition and an iniquitous love of | Tint, I would toll thciu they nr, doing it, ! *"'??•'."'°. /'",''." ."¦."'""'" fynT^'by.
cd snUricrs until iuthc acnuics of their I , , ,, ¦ < .— ;•-¦
¦• • ¦ ¦ - "^ ' copperhead. I have u le'ter in my pocket
from onc uf my sisters, in which the writf!»
Ills guvcrnment; he tells us by his acti
Ihat he would rather obey the teachings of
John C. Calhoun than thoso of Andrew
Jnckson, and althongh ho pretends not
to love his country any tho Ios.h, there is a ; _ . - , -. , ¦ • •. •. ., . /• t> i ¦'. ¦' '. . . I sumed au uUitude similar to that of Ileel-
ihit father has hceonio so odioni in the jieighborliood for his treoson sympathy, Ihat hc ii shunnrd by his neighbom, and
secret something about him which soya, "I love John C. rreckiuiidge just a liltle leiler."
I hare, long ago, come to the oonolusion thnt wo havo plenty of men who would like lo tako a position astride Ibe fence and cry uHt alternately : "Gnod God, good Dovil!" You will doubtlosa remember who is tho author uf ihoio ooovenienl doctrines whioh salt themselves with so muoh ease to the .pretsuiu of cireumstnn¬ ces. Ho is faithfully portrayed in thc following couplet: "Wiieii Ihl devil was aick th* devil a monk
would be, Uut when the devil got well tha dsvU a monk
was he!"
I think it is about tiuio that we let thcso people koow that we an: not going to re¬ cognize any neutral, ur half-way tueasures; wo mutt deolare ourselves iuto parlies of patriots and traitors, for never b-'fore, cinee tho period of our existence ai a na¬ tion, haa our country deniunded ao loudly and imperatively thc unitod efforts of ita loyal citixcni as it does atthepre«enttinie.
Tho insidious wiles of misguided ond ungodly men in tho North are to bo guard¬ ed agaiust; tho ill-coocealed sympathy of Northern Arnolds for Southera .treason culiii 'ipon US to show tn oor countrj and onr soldiery where we attoiL ft*ilo» are.
zebub, and using the langnage plnced in his mouth by Milton, they poiot to tho Sonth and cxclniin : " Here we may reiun. secure In our choice. To relgo i« woriii ambition, thoagh in hell!" This, sirs, is thn element ai^ainst whieh
they continue in their present n„lieies. So : f }''""" ^f .? ""I'""'»' '""' ^f-'l'!*"'^ *» _...li. I !.. ._.i ....v.. _',,, I '., ¦ defence ot Iho Guvernment which my
much heavier and scathing will br thc
curses to which Ihcir uiemorics will bo ' '."""^' I. . ' honor
father is allonipting to disgrace aad iii- Thc soldier, evidently moved
subject
It is my ardent desire lliul tho lufty
hope of saving our coontry from its eno-
, mies, may have the effeot uf exeluding tho
wo have to coslend ; this'is the de.'.pcm- | blindness and passion uf fanatics from our
tion which fires tho southern heart ai.J i oomtnunities, uud disulaoiu2 thom bv I ™1^ ^'''.i' .- u ¦• •-
urges it on to the destruction of our be- calm aod juster feeling. When tbis h«p ! ¦"'=.'"""':¦; ?'"""« ^"r'T T''K°'f3* l..„«,i :„.! ;.... r. : :i.i.»i.„ ,1... I .v.ii i. _:^.., \...-.z:'„.^. And may his son, thua driven from bu
hy crirring emotit>n>, left his conipanione nnd wss m-ou liMit in tho crowd wbich thep occupied tho tidc-»ul!:s.
V.e tmst the fnihor of that brave boy may yet feel some pan^ for his treaioa
If our soldiera are willing to bear the brunt of this fight fur freedom io the field, it wnuld bo a burning shame npon onr manhood if we, at home, hadn't suflicient of character tu support them and bid tham Ond-apeed in their perilous and patriotio efforts. If we fnil in ovr duty, apon oar heads will fall tho curse.
Mr. President, dn ynu eter indoTee io •peculaliooe as to whit wnuld be the fn- taro of thia conniry were tha South per¬ mitted to institute on independent govern¬ ment for herself. Mexioo, sir, wonld dwindle iuto ntterinsignifleence compared to it! Oeetare a peaoe on la^h terma to-
trcnuty oi mu umuu HI luv omer, anu .:.,..._ _k..-« i... ... -• i i
.L II 1^ .„. .. siitera wbom ne ao iincerelT loves,
more than all, uoborn millions of our pro- •<•««....»•; iu.«.
geny will rise up and cell ui blessed, ai ^^ ^r^r***~^^^~
we bless the names of thoso who achieved . «•" The Ohio Demooraey are by po
Ihe independence we enjoy.
" Freedom's battle, ofl began. BeqnMthed b.v bleeding sire to son. The' baffled aft, it tvtr wan."
IV The gunboat Cinolnnati, lately lank at Viokabatg, has bad an unfortunate ex-
%ieaua a uoit iu farnr of Vallindigbam for GovcTnr Tbo war Democraoy are atrong¬ ly opposed to his nomination, and their oppoiitioo is enihitlernd by the fact that, in ooanlie* where ibe war Democraoy ia strong, lho pirlv of VillandighaiD are trying to aeud uoubl" delegalioua, ana
perienee fn May, 1862, aho wiu'"iu'n"t! "'."' to.orowd (be Convention ii^to wm»-
at Fort Pillow; in Janusry last badly : •''"£ •"'"•
damaged at Arkansas Post, and now liet I •¦ -'-•«¦» .
helpleaa_ under the rebel gona at Viohi- { JtHf Ak the olo<S]( itrikea the hoar, how
„ _ borg. It ie thought, fcowener, «h« eao .often wa ssy, "Time fli«e,"'vWo'tl*«%,
wc lo jn'this? We ore ptwa«>ng the morrow, snd that'peace will be but a ba railed withont maeh diffioalty thit ars pataiog kway.

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ADDRESS OF
T. M. CONPROPST, ESQ.,
DeliTeied Before the TTnioa League of Barree- Township.
CoNpnopsr's Mills, ) June 1st, 180.1. f Messrs. Dr. Wilton, .lob Slnefe and T. P. Love. OKN'fLEMn.s: In uoinplinnce with your request. I hereby Irdn.smit to jou a copy of my nddrnsa to your Ijeii!.'iin As.«ociation ou Jast Friday oiKht. In my opininn, you honor my remnrks far lieyond their mirits, jet I shall not iiiterpiiso nny objection I nmy havo, to th" di'positiou you hnve nti'n nniper to mate of them. My coun¬ try shall always coino first and personal oonsiderntions afterwnru.^, wilh mo. I hnro tho honor tn ho, (;cntlemen, willi •culimcnts of the hiyihcafcnii'-iJcration, Your frieud and fellow citizen,
T. iM. Co.NraopsT.
Mr. Presitleni, La.liet and Gentlemen: —In conslderini; tha f|Ue.»tiiin which now, more than anything else, apilnles onr na¬ tion, there nnlurnlly arises to our li.iiiJs the naturo of thd Oovernment intended to bfc dissolved, the motive," which prnmpt the diss'dution, tho probable ennsef|uenco of » succcssTul revolt, and onr duty as pn¬ triots to endo.ivpr to 'picvont tho desigua of traitors.
Th;it a Oovernment oan exist and en¬ tirely avoid iinperfeelions F iilterly deny, because if a singlo individual eannot. be found who will urrop;:ito to himself infalli¬ bility and perfection, how muoh lees nhould we expect to find thom in n Governmeut made up of collcotions of indivi'Ianls. whose numbers hnvc erown almost beynnd tho power of human computation. Vet while I claim perfbclion fur nn svitem nf
can form, adopted by tho fnthers of onr | country, stands pre-eminently nnd plori- | ously nbovo tho monaiohinl and despotiu j powers Ilf the idd world. In evidence of I this, I have only to point yuu tn tho un- | paralleled £!rowth of our population ss a i natirv", which wau occasioned in a Rrcnt | nicafiurc by tho voluntary immigration of furoi;;n citizens ; uow when wa know from exporience, hnw tenaciously the heart clin'^ to the land of ils nativity, snd how loth vfo aro to tear nurselvps uway frora the aecnos of ourohilJhond, T can imagin? that uo ro.isorable man can fail to discover at It Urst glance, the irresistible power whicfi attracted iheso foreigners to our fairer f.ibrio of a Governuicnt and to onr holier Btalo of freedom.
We nll knnw, from the expetience of the savRgas of our Western wilds, that we eould live with no safety to ourselves without a gnvsrninont of somo kind, bo¬ eauso not nnly oar huppinesa and po.sses- sinns would be in constant: danger, but ottr lives would bo In perpetual jeopardy. We havo, theref.ire, for our mutnitl pro¬ tection, ndnpted tho civil liberty of man¬ kind, which is described as our "natural liberty so fur restrained by tbe agency of human laws as is nicessnry for thsf^oodof nooieij." In tbo construotion of nur eovBrnment, tho exoollenciei of other na¬ tions huvo been imitated, whilst their evils tytve booQ studiously avoided ; our politi¬ oal .\vftam has been so joijioiously arrnuged W to leave Ihu greatest amount of liberty ip thc posBMiion of the oititen with the least (far of its being iojudiciausly nr im¬ prudently exercised.
Now, do you suppose for a moment Ihat Thumak Jefferson, who wrote that raistcr- pieoe of Engliih literature and sublime truths, the Declaration of lodepondenoe, *ver intended that his country, io whoso behalf he spent the best energies of his life, should ba toro by faction and dis- nembcred, or that his own hard and eolf- Meriflcinp labors sbould bo repudiated and •pit npon ty the children of his own Vir¬ ginia f So'. .
Do Toa imagine that George Waihing- , whQM Qame ever glory-wteathetl, Vill («n4 flMt oHeot to Occident through
nil timo, lent the lustre of his name, or the magio of his inluence. or saorifieed himself upon the altar of his country's glory, to transmit to us a liber'y that was transient, or a Union that was uot perpet¬ ual ? Never!
Pils, the martyrs to our bon.ited liberty, the glory which cluster.^ eternally around their names, tho hSllowod assuoiations which inseparably connect themselves with the heioie and vninmus times of 1770, might to impress upnn us an cdea nf thc mnguitudo of •h'> debt we owe fnr such a country, and whioh we can only repny by transmitting it as pure ns when wo got it, at lenst, to our children.
When n governmeni liko this, and Lorn of such men, is ussailed, it becoLics us to inquire iuto thc motives of the aFsailants.
Jefferson gnvo the world the rensons for tho withdrawal of the .^lllcrioan Colonies from the authority of Groat Utitain, but whero is tha Jefferson of thn so-called Southern Confederacy to urge a solitary grievance, or a solitary wrong endured us a pretext for plnnuing this oountry into the horrors of civil war? Echo answers: Where? They give us no reasons—we can nppeal to tho world thnt they have i suffered no wrongs, and, therefore, wc nre left io infer that their inutives are selfish and sinister, and llicir aims, power.
If Judas could betray Olirist for thirty pieces of silver, it is not h.-.rd for ns to believe that Jefferson Davis could cheat his chiidreu uut nt tiieir iitierty lor a lil.c considcrstion ! The fallen angel whu waoti'd In be equal tn Ced himself in pow- | er, but who discuvercd his impotence when j ho wuri'cd ngninst the authority of God, cried om ill his exile to the infernal re¬ gions: "It i.s uidtiir tu riiirn in hell than serve iu Heaven I" And this, sirs, in my opinion, is the incitln;; power that lures the leaders of this rebellion on to their own destruction ; they want powcr, they wnut to reign eternally and are not con¬ tent In livo ns citiiens; they want to be Kings. Lot tho open rebels of tho South, or their cowardly eiiiLssaries in the Nurth. disguise tho truth ns thoy niny, yet behind tlieir fallacies and speciousucss appears that lurking demon, treason, which with ull their astuteness, they are unable to conceal. Treasoa is the word ; their mo¬ tives arise from n hatred to good govern¬ ment, where they can't grow and prosper upon the substance ofthe lowly; they want to elevato themselves far beyond the level or approach uf common mankind, but 1 trust, in God',i name, t'lat lho only ulcvation tliey may uver realize, will be upon a felon's scaffold !
Now, sirs, if wo permit our.selves to neglect our duty as patriots, and allow theso desperndoes to succeed in dinoieni- beriup^ thc government, what will bo tbo oonaci|ueiices ?
Dons Rome, with hor hiiried llhorty, fail to warn us? Aro wo blind to thc fact that a wholo conntry is mnro powerful than a half-a one; that when wc arc divi¬ ded into factions and the slrength of our unity h (rone, wu will Im an ensy prey tu the grasp of ungodly rnd despotic powor?
1 tell yoo, sirs, that tlio glory of Penn¬ sylvania will be no glory nt all, when she ceasci to bu I'ennsylvania of tho United States. The secret of our greatness istbe number of our family, and tho secret of our strength is the unity of that fnmily, and coi.io what will, it lunst be preserved, if neoessary, ut a snerifiec of cvory ('.'.ibr of trcnsurc ami every drop of patriotic blood within the confines of America!
Divide this Union ! "Onn you divide the Mississippi?'' Can yoit .'livido the memories of the Revolution ? Can yod divide the memory of Wnshington, or ap. ply bis sacred teachings to twn distinct nations? N.i I liis language and his soli¬ citude wns fur the United States as a whole, and God pity the man in thu North or the Suuth who won't heed his warnings, but stands npon the quicksands of Disuninr, for his name will bo as poison, nnd his memory as a stench in the nostrils of all good men. This country, sirs, is indivi¬ sible, and we may as well como down to the plain question at once and tako sides upon it: Thu anion tod liberty, together, or anarchy and faction, divided. The menibers of theso League Associations arc for tho Union aod Liberty ona nnd insep¬ arable forever aod forever! Where do tbe maligners and defamcrs of these Leagues place themselves ? I tell you, when men can't espouse those doctrines •nd throw their whole souls into them, the time but uoiuo for thum to bo thinking nbout going suuth; we want all our ene- uies there so that wd* tuay know exactly who our foes are, and againat whom we wHI have to contoaii in settling this con¬ troversy.
D» you forget tho wtrntog words of Washington in reference to a division of these States n have not, and I iiiU..^ j to ehape my «oursa «f action by them.— ! He said • "lodlgnantly fV"t ho tttipped that guiltiness is its owu nceuscr and ' and pul down iioic—uoi hix ii.r>iitli8 lioiicc courts darkness and silence continually. j —and military tribunals arc the unly ones Thc northern sympathizer, both in the j that can do it. Tt must be put down., if sight of God und man, is a greater criuii-1 it should lake a temporary uiililary despo- nal and more to bo feared Ihan the open I tisin out here tn do it. It is that, nr the foo in tho ranks of n southern regiment, i loss of the oauso. Thc course of tlicsu In the heart of our own Pennsylvania, we men prolongs the wnr and e'.jsts lives liy see, with just cause of alarm,, secret or- thousands, ond I toll you cither they or gaiiizations in progress, whioh have for I the government must gu duwn, and that their avowed and leading objects resit- speedily.
tame lo tho war measures of tha Govern- . ..»».., ____.
mont, aud/uror to Ihe erection of a Norlh- | INTERESTING DIALOOUE.
western Confederacy I It is certainly ! „,, „ . , „., , , , .
high time, sirs, that tho loyalty of tiio 1 , \^^ ""risburg 7eJegri,,.h .ays tho fol- nortli were making itself epP"ent, aud ! "W'np occurred a ony or two ago, between every man who fnils to identity himself as ! tw^l^ld'e" just pn'd pff nr.d discharged : an open loyalist will be followed by tho ^•''" ^''-^r-yVeW, Ned, we have jr-t
our greenbacks, ai.d wo have won a little reputation ns soldiers, Bo that we can now gn home with ralisfnclioii, and be certain of on honorable welcome at tho hands of nnr friends and rnli>li«ti>
Second .S^iWi'cr—Dowo '. go home, did a «.iv. Hill?
To be sure 1 said bome.
pen loyalist will be followed by eye of suspicinu and marked with the brand of Arnold, and his children will only live after him to be monuments of his ir- voUiovahle ignominy and disgiaco.
I wloii I huu iho powcr io awaken iiic»e I would
every seldier who has fallen in uur cause, ' , . ,. - , ,
and I would move thera wilh eloquence ! '''".' >'""- P-'"-"-.'"""" I
like tbut nf "Angels trumpet tongued, I
Second Soldier—"No I Ijct mc toll
against the deep damnation oflheir taking !>"" "''?,' "'" * I-'mng home; 1 have as off," until these gnilty souls who hnvc ',""7 .'.''""V' "'"o .s ou lho hanks of lived upon Ihcir deaths would quake with I '''« '''''IPh-I have bro hers too young lo ; I nghl—sisters whom I love snd who are and
lived upon Ihcir deaths would quake with I '"« '''"IPO-l nave bro hers too young lo very foar and rouao themselves to manli- 1 P?''l-"»""."''"'"> } '"" =",'''"?,'''"V't'''°?,'."? "*• slumbers with tho pallid ghosts of murder'. • T'^T '.r""' ''"'• *'"^ '»•• »"'di'>'hung
his head in nhauie, "my father is a biltcr T ... : moa mu uoiiMiiuiioii in oruer lo nave nn i I'u boiuilto uuiii lu mc Bgoui"" '" ,,,,.,1- , . . . i j ... w v.....
he isan indi^id- ' "PP"'''"nity tn stab away its vitality Tho guiltiness they would ory out:
traitnrs against whom wc rir" contending 'Shake nol thy gory ioclis si mc,
oro incited ai.d impelled only by an nn- Thnu caa'st not mj I did it." . . .. , , , ,.
go.^'y ambition and an iniquitous love of | Tint, I would toll thciu they nr, doing it, ! *"'??•'."'°. /'",''." ."¦."'""'" fynT^'by.
cd snUricrs until iuthc acnuics of their I , , ,, ¦ < .— ;•-¦
¦• • ¦ ¦ - "^ ' copperhead. I have u le'ter in my pocket
from onc uf my sisters, in which the writf!»
Ills guvcrnment; he tells us by his acti
Ihat he would rather obey the teachings of
John C. Calhoun than thoso of Andrew
Jnckson, and althongh ho pretends not
to love his country any tho Ios.h, there is a ; _ . - , -. , ¦ • •. •. ., . /• t> i ¦'. ¦' '. . . I sumed au uUitude similar to that of Ileel-
ihit father has hceonio so odioni in the jieighborliood for his treoson sympathy, Ihat hc ii shunnrd by his neighbom, and
secret something about him which soya, "I love John C. rreckiuiidge just a liltle leiler."
I hare, long ago, come to the oonolusion thnt wo havo plenty of men who would like lo tako a position astride Ibe fence and cry uHt alternately : "Gnod God, good Dovil!" You will doubtlosa remember who is tho author uf ihoio ooovenienl doctrines whioh salt themselves with so muoh ease to the .pretsuiu of cireumstnn¬ ces. Ho is faithfully portrayed in thc following couplet: "Wiieii Ihl devil was aick th* devil a monk
would be, Uut when the devil got well tha dsvU a monk
was he!"
I think it is about tiuio that we let thcso people koow that we an: not going to re¬ cognize any neutral, ur half-way tueasures; wo mutt deolare ourselves iuto parlies of patriots and traitors, for never b-'fore, cinee tho period of our existence ai a na¬ tion, haa our country deniunded ao loudly and imperatively thc unitod efforts of ita loyal citixcni as it does atthepre«enttinie.
Tho insidious wiles of misguided ond ungodly men in tho North are to bo guard¬ ed agaiust; tho ill-coocealed sympathy of Northern Arnolds for Southera .treason culiii 'ipon US to show tn oor countrj and onr soldiery where we attoiL ft*ilo» are.
zebub, and using the langnage plnced in his mouth by Milton, they poiot to tho Sonth and cxclniin : " Here we may reiun. secure In our choice. To relgo i« woriii ambition, thoagh in hell!" This, sirs, is thn element ai^ainst whieh
they continue in their present n„lieies. So : f }''""" ^f .? ""I'""'»' '""' ^f-'l'!*"'^ *» _...li. I !.. ._.i ....v.. _',,, I '., ¦ defence ot Iho Guvernment which my
much heavier and scathing will br thc
curses to which Ihcir uiemorics will bo ' '."""^' I. . ' honor
father is allonipting to disgrace aad iii- Thc soldier, evidently moved
subject
It is my ardent desire lliul tho lufty
hope of saving our coontry from its eno-
, mies, may have the effeot uf exeluding tho
wo have to coslend ; this'is the de.'.pcm- | blindness and passion uf fanatics from our
tion which fires tho southern heart ai.J i oomtnunities, uud disulaoiu2 thom bv I ™1^ ^'''.i' .- u ¦• •-
urges it on to the destruction of our be- calm aod juster feeling. When tbis h«p ! ¦"'=.'"""':¦; ?'"""« ^"r'T T''K°'f3* l..„«,i :„.! ;.... r. : :i.i.»i.„ ,1... I .v.ii i. _:^.., \...-.z:'„.^. And may his son, thua driven from bu
hy crirring emotit>n>, left his conipanione nnd wss m-ou liMit in tho crowd wbich thep occupied tho tidc-»ul!:s.
V.e tmst the fnihor of that brave boy may yet feel some pan^ for his treaioa
If our soldiera are willing to bear the brunt of this fight fur freedom io the field, it wnuld bo a burning shame npon onr manhood if we, at home, hadn't suflicient of character tu support them and bid tham Ond-apeed in their perilous and patriotio efforts. If we fnil in ovr duty, apon oar heads will fall tho curse.
Mr. President, dn ynu eter indoTee io •peculaliooe as to whit wnuld be the fn- taro of thia conniry were tha South per¬ mitted to institute on independent govern¬ ment for herself. Mexioo, sir, wonld dwindle iuto ntterinsignifleence compared to it! Oeetare a peaoe on la^h terma to-
trcnuty oi mu umuu HI luv omer, anu .:.,..._ _k..-« i... ... -• i i
.L II 1^ .„. .. siitera wbom ne ao iincerelT loves,
more than all, uoborn millions of our pro- •ng the morrow, snd that'peace will be but a ba railed withont maeh diffioalty thit ars pataiog kway.